After January 1, rioting will still be a crime in Washington. But it will get a new name. And Seahawks fans will have a new way to show their loyalty to the team.

Seattle is no stranger to riots. Remember WTO?

If there’s a next time people riot anywhere in Washington, the formal charge will be “criminal mischief.” The argument for this change is that most of the time when someone’s charged with rioting it’s in lieu of some other charge, not because they were engaged in mayhem in the streets.